CVE-2023-53118 (GCVE-0-2023-53118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-02 15:55 – Updated: 2025-05-04 12:50
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Title
scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() decreases a reference counter and hence must only be called once per host that is removed. This change does not require a scsi_add_host_with_dma() change since scsi_add_host_with_dma() will return 0 (success) if scsi_proc_host_add() is called.
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Linux Linux Affected: 891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338 , < 88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83 (git)
Affected: 6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1 , < 68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99c (git)
Affected: e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713 , < 2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09 (git)
Affected: 17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b , < 7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279 (git)
Affected: 1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0 , < 73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51 (git)
Affected: fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9 , < be03df3d4bfe7e8866d4aa43d62e648ffe884f5f (git)
Affected: 13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.4.237 , < 5.4.238 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.175 , < 5.10.176 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.103 , < 5.15.104 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.20 , < 6.1.21 (semver)
Affected: 6.2.7 , < 6.2.8 (semver)
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